Cleveland Art, September/October 2014
- Member Magazine
In this issue of the members magazine: Maine Sublime; Jennifer Bartlett; Apollo Research; Print Fair 30 Years; Chalk Festival 25 Years; Performance; Film; Education
Twilight in the Wilderness
Frederic Edwin Church was one of our country’s consummate artistic talents, and his masterpiece, Twilight in the Wilderness (1860), ranks among the Cleveland Museum of Art’s most admired paintings. This fall we showcase the majestic work in a special focus exhibition, Maine Sublime: Frederic Church’...
Floral Delight
Water, climate, and soil enabled the early Muslims to convert parched land of the greater Middle East into verdant oases where agriculture thrived and transformed economies. Vast pleasure and hunting gardens were essential components of royal palaces, as were colorful flowers cultivated for aestheti...
Many Hands of Time
When it came to the preservation of this 18th-century French clock, not only the magnificent case with brass and tortoiseshell Boulle marquetry and elaborate gilt bronze mounts required study and treatment. The movement and face also deserved equal attention as a part of the overall project. To prov...
Apollo in the Lab
Over the past nine months or so, many museum visitors have noticed and commented on the absence of our well-known ancient Greek bronze, Apollo the Python-Slayer. In his place stands a Roman white marble copy generously loaned by the World Museum, Liverpool. Since January, Apollo has resided in the o...
Honoring Women
Constantine Petridis Curator of African Art
Feast Ladle late 19th–early 20th century. Dan people, Côte d’Ivoire. Wood, cord; h. 57.3 cm. Severance and Greta Millikin Trust 2013.52
One of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s most recent African art acquisitions to be admired in the permanent gallery of sub-S...
21st-Century Skills
At most educational conferences today, presentations abound on “21st-century skills”—the qualities needed to thrive in the workplace, in school, and in communities of all kinds. These ideas are not new, but rather are organized and expressed in ways that make them more obvious to teachers and employ...
Arielle Levine presents a Distance Learning lesson from the museum studio.
I Madonnari
Robin VanLear Artistic Director, Community Arts
Here we are on the verge of our 25th I Madonnari Chalk Festival and I need to spill the beans. We don’t use chalk. Our “street painters” do not paint. Very few of the some 2,000 individuals who participate reproduce images of the Madonna. Yet we are ke...
